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Kubernetes with k3s

Learn Kubernetes hands on with k3s: pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps and finding why a pod is broken, in a real cluster.

6 lessons330 min lessonSoftware engineering

The lessons

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  1. 1 · Virtual machine lab

    Nodes, namespaces and pods in Kubernetes

    I can say what a node, a namespace and a pod are.

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  2. 2 · Virtual machine lab

    Kubernetes Deployments and replicas

    I can keep three copies of a pod running with a Deployment.

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  3. 3 · Virtual machine lab

    Kubernetes Services and cluster DNS

    I can give pods one name and find it from another pod.

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  4. 4 · Virtual machine lab

    Kubernetes ConfigMaps and settings

    I can change a setting without rebuilding the program.

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  5. 5 · Virtual machine lab

    Why a Kubernetes pod is broken

    I can read describe and logs and name the fault of a broken pod.

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  6. 6 · Virtual machine lab

    A small Kubernetes app, end to end

    I can run a small app that uses a Deployment, a Service and a ConfigMap together.

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